Virginia Times published 23 stories on Saturday, November 14, 2026 — a day that began with No. 6 Virginia rallying past Maryland and a Fairfax County officer charged with shoplifting, and closed with SpaceX catching a Starship upper stage at its tower for the first time. In between, the FAA ground-stop story took two more turns as the agency lifted the halt and Secretary Duffy pointed to a faulty router, the United States lost its measles elimination status after 26 years, the Kremlin confirmed a Trump-Putin-Xi meeting in Shenzhen, and Montgomery County saw two deaths investigated in Silver Spring and Boyds.
In This Recap
- No. 6 Virginia Rallies Past Maryland, 87-83
- Fairfax Police Officer Charged With Shoplifting at Stafford Walmart
- Woodson High Band Director Charged in Child Sexual Abuse Material Case
- Credible Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Near Peoria Plant
- Update: FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop After Hours-Long Halt Stranded Thousands
- Assam to Pay Rs 9 Lakh to Families of 26 Killed in Kaziranga Crash
- Hungarian Agency Finds Buried Cash in Ex-Minister’s Bribery Case
- Zelenskyy Says US Floated Donbas Withdrawal for NATO Membership
- South Sudan Delays Election to February 11, 2027
- Mercor’s 23-Year-Old Founders Now Worth $4.2 Billion Each
- CMS Delays Enforcement of Medicaid Work Requirements to July
- Update: Police Say Logan Circle Gunman Lay in Wait Before Ambush
- Alexandria’s DASH Board Approves Bus Cuts on Five Lines
- Terrorism Charge Added in Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Case
- Italy Fines Meta $887 Million Over Android Users’ Photos
- Update: Faulty Router in Copper-to-Fiber Work May Have Caused FAA Ground Stop, Duffy Says
- Ebenezer Leads Box Office With $6.7 Million Opening Day
- Kremlin Confirms Trump, Putin and Xi Meeting in Shenzhen
- Uber Says Drivers’ License Data Stolen in Fireworks AI Breach
- US Loses Measles Elimination Status After 26 Years, Reports Say
- Inmate Dies After Assault at Montgomery County Jail in Boyds
- Man Killed in Silver Spring Stabbing on Castle Boulevard
- SpaceX Catches Starship Upper Stage at Tower for First Time
1 No. 6 Virginia Rallies Past Maryland, 87-83
Sam Lewis scored a career-high 28 points, every basket inside the arc, as No. 6 Virginia erased an 11-point halftime deficit to beat Maryland 87-83 at XFINITY Center on Friday night. Thijs De Ridder added 20 points for the 5-0 Cavaliers.
2 Fairfax Police Officer Charged With Shoplifting at Stafford Walmart
An off-duty Fairfax County police officer, Briceida Medina, was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after Walmart loss prevention staff in Stafford County said she failed to scan and pay for items at self-checkout. She has been placed on administrative leave.
3 Woodson High Band Director Charged in Child Sexual Abuse Material Case
Fairfax County police charged Woodson High School band director Aaron Morgan, 38, with five counts of production of child sexual abuse material and solicitation of a minor after the school system reported concerns about his conduct toward a student. He is being held without bond.
4 Credible Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Near Peoria Plant
Peoria police ruled a device found at the BioUrja Renewables plant a credible threat, and a one-mile evacuation remained in effect early Saturday as crews searched the plant. A shelter was opened at Manual Academy for displaced residents.
5 Update: FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop After Hours-Long Halt Stranded Thousands
The FAA lifted its nationwide ground stop at 8:15 p.m. ET on Friday, ending a four-hour halt that stranded thousands of travelers. More than 6,600 flights were canceled and 8,600 delayed after a telecommunications outage hit air traffic control centers.
6 Assam to Pay Rs 9 Lakh to Families of 26 Killed in Kaziranga Crash
Assam will pay Rs 9 lakh to the family of each person killed in the Kaziranga minibus-truck collision, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after visiting the site where 26 people died and 20 were injured.
7 Hungarian Agency Finds Buried Cash in Ex-Minister’s Bribery Case
Hungarian investigators found more than 5 billion forints in cash, along with euros and dollars, buried in forests and hidden in buildings during a two-day search in the bribery probe of former minister Miklós Seszták. The money was deposited with the state treasury.
8 Zelenskyy Says US Floated Donbas Withdrawal for NATO Membership
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. negotiators asked whether Ukraine would withdraw from Donbas if it joined NATO, a question he said had never been raised before. He said he would put a comprehensive security package to Ukrainians.
9 South Sudan Delays Election to February 11, 2027
South Sudan delayed its first national elections since independence to February 11, 2027, under a revised National Elections Commission timetable, with no reason given. Registration runs November 14 to 28, campaigning opens December 27, and the commission has received only $21 million of the $276 million it requested.
10 Mercor’s 23-Year-Old Founders Now Worth $4.2 Billion Each
Mercor raised $750 million at a $20 billion valuation, and Forbes estimates its three 23-year-old cofounders — Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha — are now worth $4.2 billion each, double their fortunes from October 2025.
11 CMS Delays Enforcement of Medicaid Work Requirements to July
States will not have to remove anyone from Medicaid over the new work requirements until July 1 at the earliest. CMS announced an optional hold-harmless period through June 30, 2027, giving states time to test systems while the rules are fought in court.
12 Update: Police Say Logan Circle Gunman Lay in Wait Before Ambush
D.C. police say surveillance video shows the Logan Circle gunman waiting nearly an hour before shooting his building manager from behind. Police also gave new details on the sixth victim and the residents displaced by the shooting.
13 Alexandria’s DASH Board Approves Bus Cuts on Five Lines
The DASH board voted unanimously to cut service on five Alexandria bus lines on January 31, ending segments on Lines 30 and 31 and reducing frequency on Lines 33, 34 and 102.
14 Terrorism Charge Added in Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Case
Federal prosecutors unsealed a five-count superseding indictment adding a terrorism charge against Cole Tomas Allen, who is accused in the April shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
15 Italy Fines Meta $887 Million Over Android Users’ Photos
Italy’s Garante fined Meta €805 million, saying the Facebook app read Android users’ photos and videos under one generic permission. The regulator ordered the gallery-suggestion feature switched off by default within 60 days.
16 Update: Faulty Router in Copper-to-Fiber Work May Have Caused FAA Ground Stop, Duffy Says
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday that a faulty router during L3Harris copper-to-fiber maintenance may have caused Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop, flooding the network with more than 1,000 connection attempts every few seconds. FAA chief Bryan Bedford said there was no evidence of anything nefarious or AI-related, with full recovery expected Sunday.
17 Ebenezer Leads Box Office With $6.7 Million Opening Day
Ebenezer took $6.7 million on Friday from 3,535 theaters, including $1.5 million in previews, according to Variety, and is tracking toward an $18 million to $20 million opening weekend.
18 Kremlin Confirms Trump, Putin and Xi Meeting in Shenzhen
The Kremlin confirmed Saturday that Presidents Trump, Putin and Xi will meet Thursday in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the APEC summit. A U.S. official said the talks will cover nuclear arms and Iran, not Ukraine, and that no agreements are expected.
19 Uber Says Drivers’ License Data Stolen in Fireworks AI Breach
Uber is notifying thousands of drivers that their personal information and driver’s license details were stolen in an October breach at Fireworks AI. State notices put at least 7,870 licenses in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Rhode Island, with no national total yet.
20 US Loses Measles Elimination Status After 26 Years, Reports Say
The United States has lost the measles elimination status it held since 2000, according to reports, after officials concluded the virus circulated continuously for more than a year, with more than 5,400 cases reported in 2026.
21 Inmate Dies After Assault at Montgomery County Jail in Boyds
A 35-year-old man held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds died at a hospital a day after an assault at the jail, police said. The Homicide Unit is investigating and a suspect remains in custody.
22 Man Killed in Silver Spring Stabbing on Castle Boulevard
Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal stabbing on Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, where a man was found near a bus stop Friday night and pronounced dead at the scene. No one is in custody.
23 SpaceX Catches Starship Upper Stage at Tower for First Time
SpaceX said its Mechazilla tower caught Starship’s Ship 42 at Starbase on Saturday after more than 22 hours in orbit, the first tower catch of a Starship upper stage. The Flight 15 booster aborted its own catch on Friday and was lost in the Gulf.
Editor’s Note: This recap was prepared with the assistance of AI tools. Virginia Times gathered the source material from multiple sources and thoroughly reviewed the information before publication.